Dave Flynn
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Byrne's Daughters - Highland

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I wrote this tune in 2011 shortly after returning home from a great week in Glencolmcille in Donegal where I learnt a bit of Irish and played some music with the great fiddlers up there, including the family of the late great James Byrne. James' daughters Aisling, Merle and Seána are continuing the great tradition that James represented. Highlands are tunes very particular to Donegal and they're played with a great rhythm that sheet music can't represent. The notes above are just the skeleton. Buy James Byrne's classic fiddle CD 'The Road to Glenlough' to get a sense of how to play a highland properly, or better still, go up to Glencolmcille and take a few lessons from Aisling, Merle, Seána or Connie, James' widow.

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      • Mná Brian Boru
      • The Clare Concerto
      • Aontacht
      • Music for the Departed (version for fiddle, violin, guitar & strings 2010)
      • The Man from Maghera Rambles Through Africa
      • Mesh
      • Echoes of Bamako
      • An Irish Farrago
      • ‘The Mountain Lark/Tom Doherty’s Reel’
    • Solo Guitar Works >
      • An Irish Raga
      • The Mahatma of the Glen
      • Four Études for Five Fingers
      • Three Gymn O’Paddy’s
      • 5to9
      • Two Minimalist Etudes
      • Passacaglia
      • Rainstorm
      • Homage Sonatina
      • Rollercoaster
    • Guitar Quartets >
      • Sebene
      • Against Feldman
      • Cran Óg
      • Kora
      • Chimurenga
    • String Quartets >
      • Quartet No.3 - The Keening
      • Quartet No.2 - The Cranning
      • Quartet No.1 - Fairground Attractions
    • Ensemble Works >
      • Joy
      • Le Chéile is in Aonar
      • Stories from the Old World
      • Manipulations
      • Polymetric Cycles
    • Irish Tunes >
      • Aontacht Tunes
      • Clare Concerto Tunes
      • Draíocht Tunes
      • Errigal Suite Tunes
      • An Inishbofin Wedding
      • Music for the Departed Tunes
      • Ómos Do Frankie Kennedy Tunes
      • Miscellaneous Tunes >
        • The Tempest in Mali
        • Byrne's Daughters - Highland
        • The Barndance Between
        • The Bright Reel
        • Hearts of Gold
        • The Martin-Lina Rumba Reel
        • The MAWFE
        • Sibelius' Reel
        • Tourish's Tour Around the Box
        • A Tune for Charlie
        • Simple and Strange
    • Chamber Works >
      • Quirks >
        • Quirk No.7
        • Quirk No.6
        • Quirk No.5
        • Quirk No.4
        • Quirk No.3
        • Quirk No.2
        • Quirk No.1
      • Errigal Suite
      • Music for the Departed (Trio version)
      • Ómos do Frankie Kennedy
      • Tar Eís an Cran
      • 7/11
    • Miscellaneous Solo Works >
      • The Longest Reel (Solo Fiddle)
      • Tar Éis an Caoineadh (Solo violin/fiddle)
      • Five Études for Uilleann Pipes
      • 7/11 (piano)
      • 12 Tone Bach (piano)
      • Hyper-Reel (Percussion)
    • Vocal/Choral Works >
      • Protest Song; Chanson de Protestation; Amhrán Agóid; Protesta Cancion
      • Liadain agus Cuirithir
      • Taibhreamh Ó Ríada
      • Full Circle
      • Two Nonsense Songs
      • I Have Always Known
      • Relax
    • Electro-Acoustic Works >
      • The Forest of Ornaments
      • The Valley of the Lunatics
      • Electric Guichair
  • GIGS
  • cONTACT
  • bLOG
  • mORE....
    • pRESS kIT >
      • rEVIEWS
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